Rémi Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Hi For my new build I decided to make a model for a friend. I let him the choose of the subject and he choosed the A6M Zero. Like he prefere the "light grey" scheme, I proposed him the A6M2 version When I searched a model, it is a suprise to find only few model by the kit maker for this early war version. In the 1/48th scale I find only two kit ; the old Tamiya who have more 30 years old and the Hasegawa kit Because the Hasegawa have more details than the Tamiya kit I choosed it. I start the kit with the cockpit I glued the panel side directly on the fuselage. I haven't have the "mitsubishi interior color". I seen some photo and try to capture the color with a mix of the H312 and H308 paint I painted some buttons in red/yellow I maked the seatbelt after have look the photoetched part by eduard. I drilled also the holes on the seat. I painted the engine. Hasegawa give a descent representation of the Sakae 12 Now I can verify the fit of the wing-fuselage and it is a big disapointement The gap between the two pieces is very great. I think, the best way is to glue plastic card on each upper wing part to fill the gap 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Excellent start! Your friend will be very happy with your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farley Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Good start, I'll be following this as I'm building the A6M3 by Tamiya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 4 hours ago, Rémi said: best way is to glue plastic card on each upper wing part to fill the gap Instead of doing that, I'd try to use a spreader bar under the cockpit floor to spread the fuselage halves outwards. That's what I did with my Dragon 190D-9. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Maybe the gap will be smaller with the cockpit in place? An A6M2 in 1/48 has been on my wishlist for a long time so I'm eagerly following. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Hi I added the wings. On another forum, they advice me to glue the upper wing on the fuselage to avoid the gap show on my first photo With this, the putty need is minimal Now I can start the paint. For this kit, I will use the AK real color paint for the japanese plane 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 good save on the wing roots, a tip worth remembering rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 The paint I used the Ak Real Color RC303 I'm not a specialist of the japanese aircraft but I lile the rendering of this shade. I painted the japanese insign mark because it is very simple to make the paint mask. I created the serial mask too but i see that I used the wrong serial and make the mask for the second plane of the box I painted too the stripes on the propellers 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 I seated the few decals after to have sprayed a gloss varnish on the model I use a Tamiya Brown panel line on the structural line I sprayed the final semi gloss varnish. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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